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ThinkingWest: The Romans Warned Us About AI Mercenaries (www.youtube.com)
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[–] 1 point 1 week ago (2 children)

Western fascists are obsessed with the "fall of the Roman empire" and with white statues and buildings from that period. A common dogwhistle is the avatar with some greco-roman looking bust sculpture (white). They also talk as if the empire was a good thing and the collapse was a bad thing.

Checking on the video, it promotes the AI dangers bullshit with a mediocre analogy, a story that is proAI.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 6 days ago (1 child)

    Believe me, I hate nazis/fascist of any kind, but also think that:

    • it is ridiculous to think that every Greek or Roman statue is a fascist dogwisthle;
    • the collapse of Roman empire is far more nuanced that good/bad, I do not argue that it was bad yet it cannot be defended that it was simply good: what came after was Dark Ages named as such not by an accident;
    • why the analogy might be seen as poor, I don't know how talking about AI (maybe somewhat overhyped) dangers of multiple dimensions is actually an advertisement of AI
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  • [–] 1 point 5 days ago

    I didn't say that the status are. I said that their avatars with statues are.

    what came after was Dark Ages named as such not by an accident;

    And a lot of freedom for the people no longer under the boot of the empire. You should look that up too.

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